“I like old houses, and this one isn’t falling down,” she said. “It’s kind of a landmark.”

Once a family member suggested making a bonfire out of it.

“No, you can’t do that,” Mary Beth told him.

“I feel I have to defend it,” she said.

The house used to be surrounded by trees, but two or three years ago, Greg cleared them out, making the structure more visible from the highway.

They have seen cars stop in the driveway from time to time to take a better look.

“One car had a Johnson County license plate, and a couple of women got out and took pictures,” Greg said.

“We don’t mind people driving up and checking it out, but we don’t want them to go in,” Mary Beth said. “They might fall through the floor.

“I think it’s kind of neat. A lot of people lived there and made memories there. I don’t know how old it is, but as long as it stands, it will stay there. But if the roof falls in, we will have to do something about it.”